Effectiveness of an online SUpport PRogramme (SUPR) for older hearing aid users: Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Meijerink, Janine F J ^a   Pronk, Marieke ^a   Paulissen, Bernadette ^b   Witte, Birgit I ^a   Van Der Wouden, Bregje ^a   Jansen, Vera ^c   Kramer, Sophia E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AudioNova International BV   (Netherlands)

^c Schoonenberg BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cluster randomised controlled trial; communication; communication strategies; hearing aids; Hearing loss; internet.; intervention; personal adjustment to hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDY DESIGN; VIDEORECORDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLICATION; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF REPORT;

EID: 85021050496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015012     Document Type: Article

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